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The Midfield Candidates

Mohamed Salah (£9.4m)

GW12 Opponent: Southampton (H)

It should be no surprise for you to see Mohamed Salah listed as a captain candidate once again for GW12 as Liverpool host Southampton.

The Egyptian attacker is still firing shots off left, right and centre (his season tally is now up to 37) and getting the points to go with it.

Only Leroy Sané has more total points so far this season.

Mohamed Salah has been Liverpool's best player this season (Image: Getty Images)

With most people likely to captain Kane or Lukaku this weekend, Salah is a great way to give yourself the edge without really taking a massive risk.

Even if Salah scores the same number of goals per game as the above listed forwards do he gets the extra point for each one of them and could claim a clean sheet bonus too given how poor Southampton are up front.

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Richarlison (£6.5m)

GW12 Opponent: West Ham United (H)

They say once burned, twice shy. But Fantasy Premier League is all about being bold - which is why Richarlison makes it back into a captain's article despite letting me down last time.

Once again, the stats are in the Brazilian's favour with out-of-form West Ham United come to Watford - he has still had more shots this season than any other midfielder (39).

Yes, Richarlison's record at home hardly compares with his exploits on the road but considering that the Hammers have conceded twice or more in five of their last seven games in all competitions, he could pop up with a contribution.

Richarlison gets another chance as a captain option this week (Image: Getty Images)

If we assume that a couple of home goals are likelier than usual, with David Moyes not around long enough to shore things up at West Ham yet, the odds suggest Richarlison will be involved.

He has been involved in eight of Watford's 17 goals this season, more than any other Hornet.

Which is why Fantasy Football Fix believe no midfielder will score more points in GW12 than Richarlison.

There will be people out there who would suggest that if I'm going to hand the DDD tag to a Burnley man it should be Ben Mee (£4.5m) or Nick Pope (£4.5m) as they are more reliable sources of bonus points.

But I feel that as a full-back, Ward is more likely to get an explosive haul of points, hence my preference for him!

Of the defenders on the game, only Marcos Alonso is predicted more points this week than Ward, according to Fantasy Football Fix.